La Posguerra - la dictadura franquista

miedo

fear

temor

fear/dread

represión

repression

exilio

exile

hambre

hunger

escasez

shortage

libertad de expresión

freedom of speech

persecuciones

persecution

vencedores

winners

vencidos

losers

intolerancia

intolerance

censura

censorship

aislamiento international

international isolation

teñido/a

dyed/stained

cotidiano/a

daily/everyday

desprecio

contempt

pena

sentence (legal terms)

denunciar

to denounce/condemn

fingir

to pretend/fake

el cura

priest

la monja

nun

mandar

to order/command

adoctrinamiento

indoctrination

incultura

lack of education

sumisión

submission

analfabeto

illiterate

analfabetas

illiterate people

patriótico

patriotic

adoctrinar

to indoctrinate

estraperlo

contraband

quebrantado

frail/broken

desganado

apathetic

hondo

deep/profound

supervivientes

survivor

por delante

in front/ahead

entregar

to give/hand over

posguerra

the post war period

La presión ideológica

ideological pressure

Las cartillas de racionamiento

ration coupons

Una sequía

a draught

Oponerse a

to oppose to

amenazar

to threaten

El saludo fascista

the fascist greeting

Malvivir

to survive (badly)

Un periodo duro

a harsh period

No tenían nada que llevarse a la boca

they had nothing to eat (idiom)

Refugiarse

to take shelter

Pasar hambre

to suffer hunger

vívenes

goods, supplies

florecer

to flourish

abastecer

to provide, to supply

nada más…

as soon as/straight after

pudiente

wealthy

afán

desire, personal objective

primordial

fundamental

pésimo

terrible, awful

alimentación

nutrition

familiares

relatives

el parto

the birth

la gente no tenían nada que llevarse a la boca

idiom for very poor people

arrabatar

to take violently, to snatch

mortandad

mortality

pertinaz

relentless

trigo

wheat

doblarse

to double up

La vida cotidiana estaba teñida de miedo e intolerencia

daily life was covered in fear and intolerance

desprecio

contempt

consecuencias

consequences

denunciar

to report

toda opinión contraria al régimen se denuncia

all opinions against the regime were reported

el régimen

regime

las enseñanzas se basaban en ideologías franquistas

the teachings were based on franquiost ideologies

impartir

to impart

fuera ajeno

alien

la censura abarcaba muchos ámbitos

the censorship covered many areas

carátulas

film covers

provocaciones

provocations

escotes

cleavage

besos castos

short kisses

vetadas

prohibited

vetar

to prohibit

el aliado

ally

burlarse de

to mock something

provocador

provocative

un noticiero

news reel

semanal

weekly

un retroceso cultural

a cultural recession

estancamiento

stagnation, blockage

régimen totalitario

totalitarian regime

medidas totalitario

totalitarian measures

magnificar/glorificar

to magnify

un periodo amargo

a bitter period (in time)

sobre todo

above all

cantautor

singer, songwriter

sentirse oprimido

to feel oppressed

multas

fines